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Join Kennedys as an Accounts Payable Officer - Casual Ongoing Role | Sydney
Kennedys is looking for a detail-oriented Accounts Payable Officer to join our friendly Sydney Finance team on a casual ongoing basis, starting ASAP.
At Kennedys, our Finance team plays a crucial role in supporting the firm globally by delivering timely, accurate financial and management information, innovative reporting solutions, and operational support - all to maintain our exceptional service standards for both internal and external clients worldwide.
About The Team
You'll be part of a skilled and collaborative Finance team that includes the Head of Finance - APAC, Finance Manager, Financial Accountant, Credit Controller, Billing Specialist, and three Finance Administrators. This role offers the unique opportunity to work closely with our local Sydney team and liaise with colleagues in the UK.
What You'll Be Doing
* Generating ad-hoc reports from Elite as requested by the Finance Manager
* Identifying deposits in the Trust Account and advising the relevant Partner
* Processing Trust payments accurately and promptly
* Handling general finance administration and data entry tasks
* Managing accounts payable efficiently
* Responding to finance queries from across the business
* Supporting credit control activities
* Creating and managing new vendor records in Elite
* Providing occasional support for Elite billing queries from secretarial staff and fee earners
What We're Looking For
* Prior experience with Elite and Chrome River is highly desirable
* Proven track record in a similar finance role within legal or professional services environments
* Self-motivated with exceptional attention to detail
* Ability to follow instructions meticulously while being a proactive team player
* Strong communication skills, with a confident phone manner and clear writing abilities
* Solid IT skills, including proficiency in Word and Excel
Why Kennedys?
Join a global firm where your contribution matters. You'll be working alongside passionate professionals in a supportive environment that values collaboration and growth.
About Kennedys
Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 2,750 people worldwide across 45 offices in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and America we have some of the most respected legal minds in their field.
Our lawyers handle both contentious and non-contentious matters, and provide a range of specialist legal services, for many industry sectors but we have particular expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, especially in defending insurance and liability claims.
We're a fresh-thinking firm, and we're not afraid to bring challenging new perspectives to the table way beyond the traditional realm of legal services. We empower our clients with a diverse range of ideas, tools and technology to make their lives easier, as well as delivering exceptional results, every time.
What do we have to offer?
We welcome high-performing lawyers, business services professionals, secretaries, graduates and apprentices to join our rapidly expanding global firm. Whatever your role at Kennedys, you'll be involved in exciting and stimulating work, where your input will make a difference.
Our culture and values form a big part of who we are and we take them seriously. We make a difference by being approachable, straightforward, supportive and distinctive. Our values are at the core of who we are and what make us a great firm to work with and for.
The Firm recognises the value of investing in our people's development and believes our culture and values contribute to the quality of our work and of our client relationships. With a culture of on-the-job and experiential learning, peer to peer learning, mentoring, resources and tools that enable you to drive your career, we can support your development in your current and future roles. A variety of other opportunities are available including secondments to clients and our global offices.
We strive to celebrate diversity, empower our people and ensure everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. We've created a culture based on client service, professional excellence, hard work and trust, where diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is a key priority. We recognise that many of our people want to work for an employer that is aligned to their values, which is why we are building an inclusive culture, decarbonising our operations and supporting our people to thrive at work. Our people are the key to driving this change and helping us to make a difference to our clients, our people and the communities in which we live and work.
Kennedys is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. We expect all employees to be aware of and comply with all relevant policies and procedures within their jurisdiction, including those relating to Information Security, Data Protection and Quality Management, refer any breach promptly to Risk & Compliance and to complete all mandatory training when requested.
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